Category Archives: Sensational headlines
Billboard roundup
Newspaper billboards are devised to attract the attention of passers-by and make them part with cash for a newspaper they might not otherwise have bought. Often, the billboards are better than the papers themselves. Just you try resisting any of … Continue reading
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Stinkogeddon in Spalding
The stench of mystery is plaguing the market town of Spalding, Lincolnshire. This could be the whodunnit to end all whodunnits. Spalding Guardian, 13 January 2011 (story): Police bid to catch Spalding stink bomber POLICE are hunting a hooded man … Continue reading
Paedogeddon in Bromley
Trying to think of reasons to object to a planning application to convert a house into a nursery? Traffic, obviously… Noise, of course… And sod it, throw in paedophiles for good measure. Back with a vengeance: ANGRY residents. How we … Continue reading
Filed under Moral outrage, Sensational headlines
Call him Mr Vader, call him Mr Wrong
This is certainly a case of a salesman using too much ‘Force’. I love this reference to the ‘Winsford woman’s answerphone’. I think it’s the new ‘middle England’. Winsford Guardian, 22 September 2010 (story): ‘Darth Vader’ man found guilty A … Continue reading
Filed under Consumer rights, Sensational headlines, Upstanding locals
Local pride: hundreds of homes for sale today
Irrefutable proof that a local newspaper headline about the littering habits of late-night drunks can have an instant effect on the area’s property markets: Thanks to Gordon Skillen for taking this recent photo of a billboard for the Bournemouth Daily … Continue reading
Filed under Local pride, Sensational headlines
Man tried to rob supermarket armed with a fork
How to really make a meal of attempted robbery… Grimsby Telegraph, 20 July 2010 (story): Man tried to rob Grimsby supermarket armed with a fork A GRIMSBY man used a fork in an attempt to rob a Grimsby supermarket, but … Continue reading
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Norfolk ‘n’ good
Top parenting tip: if you’re a terrible parent and allow your child to use their potty as a mouth, you can get away with blaming it on the local playground… Norwich Evening News, 19 March 2010 (story): Norwich youngsters pick … Continue reading
Filed under Moral outrage, Sensational headlines
Sumo-assaulting for summer solstice
Whilst fans of proper regional journalism should always be wary of the adoption of tabloid sensibilities for cheap thrills, you can’t deny this is a good headline. For a start, it packs the famed ‘who, what, where, when’, in that … Continue reading
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Troubled times in Hartlepool
Tuesday 19 January 2010 was a very turbulent news day in Hartlepool. As ever, the Hartlepool Mail was first on the scene. In shocking scenes, the paper reported the day the music truly died… Hartlepool Mail, 19 January 2010: CD … Continue reading
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The job cuts, low pay and unsociable working hours affecting workers across the regional journalism industry have really taken their toll at the Bedfordshire Times & Citizen. If headlines sell newspapers, I’d love to know how many copies they sold that … Continue reading
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‘Swan eyed polling card like a piece of bread’
The multitudinous hurdles encountered by The Great British Public in attempting to exercise its vote in the recent general election have been well documented in the national media. But the turnout on 6 May wasn’t only limited by the damp … Continue reading
Filed under Bravery, Sensational headlines, Upstanding locals
Bright Ears, burning like fire
The US military famously used songs by well-known artists (link) to assist the interrogation of terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay. If you happen to be in the US military and enjoy torturing folk, you might therefore be interested in this … Continue reading
Filed under Heartless bastards, Sensational headlines
Delight at return of post box
When mindless thugs (aren’t they always?) carried out a senseless act of vandalism (aren’t they always?) upon an innocent post box (aren’t they always?) last summer in the small market town of Wokingham, Berkshire, they probably didn’t appreciate the true … Continue reading
Filed under Consumer rights, Heartless bastards, Justice, Sensational headlines
Pleaded guilty to damaging a dongle
The question we’re asking this morning on The Jeremy Kyle Show is: what is it about Norwich residents and their urges to put inappropriate objects through inappropriate openings? As if the ‘Man put melon through ex-partner’s cat-flap‘ story wasn’t enough … Continue reading
Filed under Justice, Sensational headlines
